{"id":1679,"count":1,"description":"American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (born January 22, 1924, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; died February 4, 2001, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA).\r\n1941-1942: he toured with the territory bands of Clarence Love and [a1705697].\r\n1942-1945: With [a258701]'s big band. Made his recording debut (soloed on \"Love for Sale\" in October 1943) and played at the first Jazz at the Philharmonic (JATP) concert (July 1944). \r\n1945-1946: [a253011].\r\n1946-1960: Performed with [a257114] (1947-49) and worked with all of the top bop musicians, including [a75617] (with whom he recorded in 1947), the [a64694] big band, and the [a23755] 'Birth of the Cool' Nonet. His own recordings from the era included work with [a251769] (in a group which included [a309986]), [a29992] and [a145264]. He also recorded with the [a311056].\r\n1951-1952: played with [a255767] and Miles Davis.\r\n1954-1956: formed a two-trombone quintet with [a267186] that became known as [a1696791], reunions would follow.\r\n1956-1960: led a quintet that often included [a298943]; began to focus more on his own compositions, starting with 1956's \"Poem for Brass\" (issued on \tColumbia CL 941) and including \"El Camino Real\" and a feature for [a64694], the album \"Perceptions\" (Verve V6-8411); his \"Lament\" became a standard. \r\n1961-1962: worked again with Miles Davis, and led some small groups of his own.\r\n1960's: greater part of time spent writing television and film scores.\r\nBy the 1970's, Johnson was sufficiently well-known to continue winning \"DownBeat\" polls despite his effective absence from the jazz scene. However, starting with a Japanese tour in 1977, Johnson gradually returned to a busy performance schedule; during the 1980's he would go on to lead a quintet that often featured [a552908].","link":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/artista\/j-j-johnson\/","name":"J.J. Johnson","slug":"j-j-johnson","taxonomy":"artista","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista\/1679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/artista"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?artista=1679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}